[Elecraft] TX5K

[Milt -- N5IA]

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From: Dyarnes 
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 6:16 AM 
To: Fred Smith ; elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TX5K 

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I don't think VP6DX brought up anything on 160 SSB, 

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I had tried it, mainly as a lark, on the VP6DX DXpedition.  Surprise!  Surprise!  They heard me!  

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Dave W7AQK

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Dave,

160 SSB was alive and well at VP6DX.

Please see http://www.radio-sport.net/vp6dx-n5ia-leads-single-ops-in-cq-160-ssb-cn3a-top-multi-op/ 

I searched my log and you are not among the 1,163 contacts during the contest period.

Sorry I missed you.  It was a tremendous opportunity and at the end of both nights once the terminator had crossed all of the USA except the Pacific Time Zone, there was essentially no competition for the W6-W7 crowd.  I worked folks who forced a Watt or two into a 40 Meter dipole at 25’ AGL.  The JA’s have no 160 M SSB allocation and I had worked all the ZL, VK and other Pacific area stations.  Consequently there was a fair amount of open air time for the last hour or so before Ducie sunrise.  Again, too bad you didn’t get on.

There were approximately 200 Qs made on 160 SSB a couple of nights before the contest.

There were another 200 Qs made on 160 SSB during the 3 nights of operation after the contest.

VP6DX made a total of 6,671 Qs on 160 Meters of which 1,574 were with the SSB mode.

73 de Milt, N5IA



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